I've downloaded the latest APK from apkmirror but the app is force closing at launch on stock. It was the same 2 years ago when I first tried, is it working for you? Do you have a suggestion?

EDIT: Ok so I've searched a bit on XDA and stumbled upon this: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev...

The latest beta doesn't work but the one before it does work.

Yeah the version I'm using is ~9 months old from the XDA link.

Even GCam 5 and 6 perform better